An automated technique for most-probable-number (MPN) analysis of densities of phagotrophic protists with lux AB labelled bacteria as growth medium

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 177-182

  Ekelund, Flemming ^a   Christensen, Søren ^a   Rønn, Regin ^a   Buhl, Eliza ^b   Jacobsen, Carsten Suhr ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c Geol Surv Denmark Greenland T ^*  (Denmark)

Author keywords

Heterotrophic flagellates; Lux AB labelled bacteria; Naked amoebae; Protozoa; Sediment; Soil

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUTOANALYSIS; CULTURE MEDIUM; FLAGELLATE; MICROBIAL GROWTH; MICROBIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOON; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; SEDIMENT; SOIL;

ANIMALS; AUTOANALYSIS; CHEMILUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CULTURE MEDIA; LUCIFERASES; MASTIGOPHORA; PROTOZOA; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 0032887597     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-7012(99)00086-X     Document Type: Article

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